Mega Spindle Box Mod
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Published on November 19, 2011
Description
If your like me you may have jumped in pretty hard right off the bat with additional MBI products such as the filament spindle boxes. After running a few 2 pound spools through them on kitchen turn tables (lazy Susans, sorry to any Susan's reading this) it started to become a large pain de-stacking my bot and top spindle box just to get to the bottom box for a change out. So I just wanted to jot down a few notes as I rigged my setup for quicker filament change outs as well as adapting the boxes for different filament vendor spools and sizes.
Instructions
Here is a list of cheap tricks I pulled to make horizontal spool life easier:
Remove 4 top tabs from acrylic front door
Remove 2 left side tabs from acrylic front door
Remove 2 right side tabs from acrylic front door
Remove and store the 2 lower M3 bolts from acrylic front door
Take the 2 top bolts, wind a nut 1/3 the way up on each bolt, insert them through the top of the acrylic front door (see pics) and then add a nut to the backside of the acrylic door and tighten the nuts against each other
Slot the acrylic door in the bottom 4 tab slots and use the protruding top bolts (now handles) to close the door
For rigidity insert the 2 side bolts as door locks
** Additional Options **
Try my spool plate and adapter to widen your spindle box filament spool options: thingiverse.com/thing:13755
Slap an additional two MBI 2 pound spool holders on your bot using: thingiverse.com/thing:7105 (I have 2 spindle boxes so I mounted them on my top box (see pics))
Don't forget some spool guards, there are lots to choose from but these clear the MBI spindle box internals pretty nice: thingiverse.com/thing:6952
Mega happy horizontal filament spooling to all!
Remove 4 top tabs from acrylic front door
Remove 2 left side tabs from acrylic front door
Remove 2 right side tabs from acrylic front door
Remove and store the 2 lower M3 bolts from acrylic front door
Take the 2 top bolts, wind a nut 1/3 the way up on each bolt, insert them through the top of the acrylic front door (see pics) and then add a nut to the backside of the acrylic door and tighten the nuts against each other
Slot the acrylic door in the bottom 4 tab slots and use the protruding top bolts (now handles) to close the door
For rigidity insert the 2 side bolts as door locks
** Additional Options **
Try my spool plate and adapter to widen your spindle box filament spool options: thingiverse.com/thing:13755
Slap an additional two MBI 2 pound spool holders on your bot using: thingiverse.com/thing:7105 (I have 2 spindle boxes so I mounted them on my top box (see pics))
Don't forget some spool guards, there are lots to choose from but these clear the MBI spindle box internals pretty nice: thingiverse.com/thing:6952
Mega happy horizontal filament spooling to all!
License
Mega Spindle Box Mod by RyGuy is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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